1 Corinthians 5:9-11

“I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.”

"I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat." - 1 Corinthians 5:9-11
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What does 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 mean?

1 Corinthians 5:9-11 (KJV): "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto…

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Living in the World, but Not of It: A Call to Holiness

The apostle Paul’s message in 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 serves as a profound reminder of the delicate balance Christians must maintain in their relationships with others. Here, Paul sets forth a critical guideline for how believers should interact with those who claim to be brothers…

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A Prayer for Discernment and Righteous Fellowship

Heavenly Father, I come before You today, seeking Your wisdom and guidance as I reflect on the teachings found in 1 Corinthians 5:9-11, where Paul admonishes us about the company we keep. Lord, in Your infinite wisdom, You have granted us the gift of discernment, so I ask that…

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1 Corinthians 5:9-11 - "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
1 Corinthians 5:9 - "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:"
"I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:" - 1 Corinthians 5:9
1 Corinthians 11:9 - "Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."
1 Corinthians 5: 9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
1 Corinthians 9:5 - "Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?"
1 Corinthians 9:11 - "If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?"
"Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man." - 1 Corinthians 11:9
1 Corinthians 11:5 - "But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven."
2 Corinthians 5:9 - "Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him."
1 Corinthians 5:11 - "But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
2 Corinthians 11:5 - "For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles."
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
1 Corinthians 9:25-27
1 Corinthians 9:5 - "Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?"
1 Corinthians 9:11 - "If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
1 Corinthians 9:11 - "If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
2 Corinthians 9:11 - "Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God."
1 Corinthians 11:8 - "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man."
1 Corinthians 11:1 - "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
1 Corinthians 11:11 - "Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord."
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1 Corinthians 9:4 - "Have we not power to eat and to drink?"
1 Corinthians 11:26-29
1 Corinthians 11:26-29
1 Corinthians 12:5 - "And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."
1 Corinthians 15:5 - "And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:"